Enable computer use in the Claude Code CLI so Claude can open apps, click, type, and see your screen on macOS. Test native apps, debug visual issues, and automate GUI-only tools without leaving your terminal.
Claude can write the code, run it, open the app, click through the interface, and check what actually happened, all from the CLI.
You can enable computer-use from /mcp, grant macOS Accessibility and Screen Recording, approve apps per session, and stop everything instantly with Esc at any time.
Research preview for macOS on Pro and Max plans for now.
I am a little bit scared of this. Have you checked potential attack vectors? I am not a cyber security expert, but someone injecting a takeover prompt and then moving easily around in my compter and browser, seems terrifying. I am building native app and I would benefit hugely from automated testing though.
screenshot based automation is gonna be the new selenium - looks impressive in demos, becomes a maintenance nightmare in prod. for anything you do more than once just write a proper integration. computer use should be the last resort not the first thing you reach for
This is a game-changer for developer workflows. We use Claude Code heavily for building our PropTech platform and the biggest friction has always been switching between the CLI and GUI tools for testing. Being able to have Claude debug visual issues and automate GUI-only tools directly from the terminal is going to save so much context-switching time. Question — does the screen observation work well with map-heavy interfaces? A lot of our work involves geospatial UIs (Mapbox, zoning overlays) and I'm curious how well it handles those kinds of visually complex layouts.
The GUI-only tools use case is what gets me. So much internal tooling in companies never gets API access - it lives in dashboards, legacy web apps, Figma. This bridges that last mile without needing to build integrations first. Curious how it handles multi-step flows where intermediate state matters - like filling a form where field 2 options depend on field 1.
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“Let Claude use your computer from the CLI”
Computer Use in Claude Code launched on Product Hunt on March 31st, 2026 and earned 462 upvotes and 6 comments, earning #2 Product of the Day. Enable computer use in the Claude Code CLI so Claude can open apps, click, type, and see your screen on macOS. Test native apps, debug visual issues, and automate GUI-only tools without leaving your terminal.
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Hi everyone!
Claude can write the code, run it, open the app, click through the interface, and check what actually happened, all from the CLI.
You can enable computer-use from /mcp, grant macOS Accessibility and Screen Recording, approve apps per session, and stop everything instantly with Esc at any time.
Research preview for macOS on Pro and Max plans for now.